Amber
Girl name
Amber meaning
Jewel, colored stone, Perfume, Ambergris, Responsible.
- Also recorded (English): ambergris
Amber at a glance
- Used as
- Girl name
- Listed in
- Muslim baby names
- Script form
- أمبرAs listed by MuslimNames.com; not independently verified
- Latest U.S. rank (girl)
- #541 in 2024
Amber popularity in the U.S.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1950 | #971 | 87 |
| 1960 | #589 | 282 |
| 1970 | #243 | 1,289 |
| 1980 | #22 | 12,553 |
| 1986 | #13 | 16,955 |
| 1990 | #15 | 15,866 |
| 2000 | #47 | 6,181 |
| 2010 | #222 | 1,419 |
| 2020 | #510 | 594 |
| 2024 | #541 | 558 |
All 141 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 |
| 1907 | #760 | 24 |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 |
| 1914 | #956 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 |
| 1916 | #949 | 52 |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,719 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 |
| 1945 | #954 | 65 |
| 1946 | #833 | 98 |
| 1947 | #951 | 87 |
| 1948 | #923 | 88 |
| 1949 | #918 | 93 |
| 1950 | #971 | 87 |
| 1951 | #945 | 96 |
| 1952 | #887 | 108 |
| 1953 | #954 | 98 |
| 1954 | #933 | 107 |
| 1955 | #852 | 129 |
| 1956 | #908 | 122 |
| 1957 | #869 | 137 |
| 1958 | #783 | 163 |
| 1959 | #694 | 208 |
| 1960 | #589 | 282 |
| 1961 | #535 | 335 |
| 1962 | #498 | 377 |
| 1963 | #484 | 401 |
| 1964 | #445 | 479 |
| 1965 | #404 | 525 |
| 1966 | #400 | 528 |
| 1967 | #358 | 627 |
| 1968 | #293 | 887 |
| 1969 | #277 | 1,026 |
| 1970 | #243 | 1,289 |
| 1971 | #180 | 1,721 |
| 1972 | #161 | 1,812 |
| 1973 | #130 | 2,180 |
| 1974 | #92 | 3,273 |
| 1975 | #59 | 4,683 |
| 1976 | #49 | 5,646 |
| 1977 | #33 | 7,207 |
| 1978 | #30 | 8,174 |
| 1979 | #22 | 11,080 |
| 1980 | #22 | 12,553 |
| 1981 | #20 | 13,813 |
| 1982 | #18 | 14,677 |
| 1983 | #17 | 14,893 |
| 1984 | #18 | 15,369 |
| 1985 | #16 | 15,506 |
| 1986 | #13 | 16,955 |
| 1987 | #15 | 16,749 |
| 1988 | #15 | 16,676 |
| 1989 | #14 | 16,760 |
| 1990 | #15 | 15,866 |
| 1991 | #16 | 14,993 |
| 1992 | #19 | 13,917 |
| 1993 | #17 | 14,065 |
| 1994 | #21 | 12,343 |
| 1995 | #22 | 10,965 |
| 1996 | #27 | 9,771 |
| 1997 | #29 | 8,914 |
| 1998 | #37 | 7,930 |
| 1999 | #41 | 6,841 |
| 2000 | #47 | 6,181 |
| 2001 | #51 | 5,572 |
| 2002 | #65 | 4,723 |
| 2003 | #74 | 4,123 |
| 2004 | #87 | 3,639 |
| 2005 | #101 | 3,146 |
| 2006 | #136 | 2,588 |
| 2007 | #145 | 2,405 |
| 2008 | #165 | 2,063 |
| 2009 | #184 | 1,775 |
| 2010 | #222 | 1,419 |
| 2011 | #259 | 1,236 |
| 2012 | #261 | 1,237 |
| 2013 | #284 | 1,114 |
| 2014 | #305 | 1,064 |
| 2015 | #334 | 978 |
| 2016 | #375 | 871 |
| 2017 | #402 | 782 |
| 2018 | #469 | 665 |
| 2019 | #480 | 653 |
| 2020 | #510 | 594 |
| 2021 | #534 | 579 |
| 2022 | #540 | 569 |
| 2023 | #574 | 519 |
| 2024 | #541 | 558 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; MuslimNames.com via the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset.
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